Many airports have a setup requiring a whole runaround to pick up a rental car which can be even more difficult when traveling with luggage and/or children. What strategies have you come up with to make this easier?

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Usually go pick up the car then swing by and pick up the family. Same on the return with some exception. This time I'm flying out of MIA a week from Wed morning. We decided to stay at an airport hotel to make life easier in the morning. I;m dropping off the car the previous evening after checking into the hotel. Will walk back to hotel after returning the car(according to google maps it's only .5 mi.)

On arrival let the DW and family wait for luggage to come out while you dash out directly to pick up the rental car, and then pick them up. On departure, drop off DW and family and their luggage first, they can check in, while you go return the car and meet afterwards.

Many airports have a setup requiring a whole runaround to pick up a rental car which can be even more difficult when traveling with luggage and/or children. What strategies have you come up with to make this easier?

Usually go pick up the car then swing by and pick up the family. Same on the return with some exception. This time I'm flying out of MIA a week from Wed morning. We decided to stay at an airport hotel to make life easier in the morning. I;m dropping off the car the previous evening after checking into the hotel. Will walk back to hotel after returning the car(according to google maps it's only .5 mi.)

Many airports have a setup requiring a whole runaround to pick up a rental car which can be even more difficult when traveling with luggage and/or children. What strategies have you come up with to make this easier?

I rent the car and drive back to pickup everyone and the luggage on the curb.

For the return I'll checkin the luggage while Mimi makes it look like she's busy with the kids so that bored airport police don't make her move. Then they'll hang out around checkin while I return the car, unless we're running late in which case they'll go through security before me.

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